Reproductive Coercion

NCADV collaborated with The Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta, GA and the National Organization for Men Against Sexism to create educational materials about reproductive coercion, a form of intimate partner violence, entitled: Exposing Reproductive Coercion: A Toolkit for Awareness-Raising, Assessment, and Intervention. The toolkit provides credible, unbiased information for women as well as individuals working in the domestic violence and reproductive health fields. This project made possible by a grant from Up the River Endeavors.

What is reproductive coercion?

Reproductive coercion is the behavior used to pressure or coerce a woman into becoming pregnant or into continuing or ending a pregnancy against her will, through the use of manipulation, intimidation, threats, and/or actual acts of violence.

Reproductive coercion most-often manifests within the context of an intimate, heterosexual relationship, when a man uses pregnancy-controlling behaviors in an effort to maintain power, control, and domination over a woman.

Reports show that women experiencing reproductive coercion by their intimate partners have an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy as a result of pregnancy pressure and birth control sabotage

Exposing Reproductive Coercion: A toolkit for Awareness-Raising, Assessment, and Intervention, provides credible, unbiased information for women as well as individuals working in the domestic violence and reproductive health fields.

To order hardcopies of the toolkit ($5 donation for each to cover printing cost & shipping) and/or brochures (donation to cover shipping cost), please contact: Jaime Chandra at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.